Greetings, my dear readers. What would you say if I told you all of the current energy pain we are feeling at the pump, in our electric bills, and with the threat of rolling blackouts was the direct consequence of policy decisions and campaign promises kept? I think to some extent they are unintended because those making the policies in question don’t understand how the things they are regulating work, and they believe on faith (contrary to proof) the promises of green energy proponents. Sadly, that is exactly what is happening right now. There is nothing on the geopolitical stage affecting the price of our fuel compared to domestic energy policy. Biden promised to end the use of fossil fuels in America. Biden said repeatedly on the campaign trail there was no room to talk, support, or allow the United States fossil fuel industry to continue operating (here, here, and here). Doing his best virtue signal, Biden promised a young girl publicly that he would end fossil fuels in America (here).
To this end, Biden started to dismantle our energy infrastructure in his first week in office, canceling the nearly completed Keystone XL pipeline that would have provided cost effective and efficient transfer of oil from northern North America to the rest of North America and the World (here). Biden then closed drilling in the Bering Sea, increased the size of national monuments to prevent oil exploration, suspended new offshore drilling, and much more, under the guise of a Climate Crisis (here). What Biden really accomplished was crippling the United States Oil and Gas Industry, while increasing our dependence on oil from other international sources, many not friendly to America. This has resulted in an increase in the average cost of gasoline in America from $2.42 a gallon in January 2021, when Biden took office, by over 30% to $3.61 just before Russia invaded Ukraine (here), accounting for most of the increase seen in fuel prices. The sad part is gay Pete, our ‘just buy an electric car’ Secretary of Transportation, said the quiet part out loud “Of course. The more pain that we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles. That's why we're hoping you and your colleagues might reconsider opposing the reduction of UV upfront prices with tax credits” he goes on to explain he wants tax credit to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles (here). Apparently, the point is to make gas expensive in the hopes that if they can inflict sufficient pain, people will buy electric cars. Unfortunately, while it is getting better, the technology isn’t there for your average consumer or family yet. In my opinion as a regular person, for electric cars to be fully mainstream and ready to overtake gas cars they need to do two things. First, (many of them are actually here or very close) they have to have a minimum of a 300 mile range, while using all of the features of the car. Second, once you have drained them to near zero they need to be fully recharged and ready to go in fifteen minutes or less. I say this because right now, depending on the type of charger, it can take 2-10 hours or longer (here). Because of this, the American road trip is off the table. So, until the technology catches up for most people, going electric is not an option. That is except for the fact that this administration is trying to force the issue.
The bad part is this isn’t really Biden’s agenda as much as it is the agenda of the elites he serves. All of these initiatives follow the World Economic Forum (WEF) and United Nations (UN) environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives (here and here). It is all a massive effort to get agenda 2030 back on track (here), and those at the UN and WEF that stand to gain will stop at nothing to get it back on track again. We have the likes of Klaus Schwab saying since 1999 “the Sovereign State has become obsolete” (here) and recently this has come in the form of a push for Stakeholder Capitalism that isn’t really capitalism at all, but a new kind of dressed up communism. They sell it as capitalism where all the stakeholders are equally represented and the company works for the benefit of them all (here). It isn’t a new idea, as the original theory came out in 1932 and it has been tried and failed. Trying to resolve all the competing interest in a company make it impossible to function (here). The big difference in the WEF brand of Stakeholder Capitalism is that is has a basis in ESG and external mangers to balance industries against all the needs of the stakeholders (people). I have to ask, where have we heard that before?
All nations that have followed a Green agenda are growing poorer and more impoverished. Globally, from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific islands, all nations that have gone Green have suffered, some to the point of revolution driven by the famine and poverty created by these policies (here). Biden and his cronies at the WEF, UN, and Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) pursue these agendas in the face of their repeated failures without having “Green” replacements online or even understanding the renewable energy technology isn’t in a place where it can replace fossil energy production. It gets worse when we look at drives to force organic farming that was abandoned 100 years ago, primarily because it didn’t yield the abundance of crops needed to support the growing global population. In every country that has implemented the WEF, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and UNs plan for green organic farming (in exchange for aid dollars) there is strife, starvation, and unrest. This culminated in the overthrow of the government in Sri Lanka (here). The proof is that the WEF published a paper on how to make Sri Lanka rich, outlining the green changes to get a perfect ESG score, but in light of the unrest has removed the article (here). Prior to that, in an article that is still up, the WEF praised Sri Lanka’s growth and admonished them to do so going forward in an environmentally friendly manner (here). Ultimately, the results have been inflation, starvation, and suffering. This pattern can be followed around the world as we see unrest throughout Europe as EU member states attempt to implement these policies (here, here, here, here, and here). I think the reason the EU is getting resistance on the front end, rather than after the starvation kicks in, is that the people are better educated, more independent, and as a result, are better able to foresee the probable outcomes of the policies. My take is the goal is to punish people into obedience and then expect them to be grateful when they are saved with scraps.
The more I look at what is going on and the more that I see those in power actually come out and say the less I feel like I need the tinfoil hat. Every day it seems my worst fears about what those in power are trying to do are confirmed. Be awake and be ready my friends.
Proverbs 22:16
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
God Bless
-Sam